Gasoline-lamp.



` Patented Mar. 2s, |901. G. RUPPEL.

GASULENE LAMP.

(Apylicaticm filed May 3` X900.)

2 Sheeis-Sheet l.V

(No Model.)

Patehted Mar. 2e. |901.

G. 'RUPPEL GASOLENE -EA'MF l (Applicatin med may 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

`NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE RUPPEL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

GASO LEN E-LAIVI P.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 670,484, dated March 26, 1901.y

Application filed May 3, 1900. Serial No. 15,409. (No model.) i

T0 @ZZ whom t may conceive;

Be it known that I, GEORGE RUPPEL,-a citi` zen of the United States of America, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gasolene-Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in gasolene or vapor lamps; and the Objectis to provide a lamp of simple construction and having a novel form of vaporizing-t-ube that may be readily removed for cleaning or the like, together with certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lamp, a portion of which is shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same, the said section taken on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of myimproved lamp, partly shown in section, and in which the Vaporizing-tube is arranged in a vertical position instead of horizontal, as shown at Fig. l of the drawings. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a portion of theA same. Fig. 5' is an enlarged detailed sectional elevation of the nipple arranged in the discharge end of the Vaporizing-tu'be.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and

5, l designates a supply-pipe which communicates with a pipe 2, leading from a tank for containing the gasolene or other hydrocarbon oil, and whereby the oil may be supplied to the lamp under pressure. A ring 3, attached to the pipe 1, affords a means for suspending the lamp from a hook or the like.

Attached to the lower portion of the pipe 1 is a coupling 4, and engaging with this coupling is a valve-casing 5, in which a cuto valve 6 is arranged'. Communication is provided between the pipe 1 and the valvecasing by means of a tube 7, and removably connected to the valve-casing is a vaporizingtube 8. This vaporizing-tube is provided with a flaring or bell-shaped end portion 9 for engaging with the correspondingly-shaped end of the valve-casing 5. The tube is held removably in place by means of a couplingthimble 10, having .a 'screw-thread engagement with the valvecasing and engaging with the bell-shaped portiony 9 of the tube 8. The other end of the vaporizing-tube 8 has a nippleS and is inserted in a socket l1, arranged at one end ot' a vaporiZing-pan 12, connected to a mixing tube or chamber 13, extended from the coupling. This tube 13 is provided with a bell-mouthl entrance, and extended through the same and through the coupling 4 is a distributer, consisting of a stem 14, terminating in a conical head 15, which is designed to be adjusted toward or away from the outlet end of the tube and for the purpose of thoroughly separating the vapor discharged from ysaid tube 8 and mixing it with air before passinginto the tube 13.

Having screw-thread engagement with the coupling 4 and communicating with the tube 13 is the mixing-tube 16, which communicates with the burner 17, which supports a holder 18 for a lamp-globe 19. By providing a screwthread engagement between the pipe 16 and the coupling 4 the mixing-tube 16, carrying the burner and the globe, may be swung outward relatively to the vaporizing-tube when it is desired to remove the globe 19 or to clean the burner. As the vaporizing-tube is directly over the burner, the heat will cause the oil to become vaporized, so as to mix with the atmospheric air.

It is obvious that any number of lamps may be connected to the one supply-tank and each one may be cut.- out upon closing the Valve 6.

In starting the lamp a small amount of oil gathering in the pan 12 is to be ignited to vaporize the same before mixing with the air and passing to thbe burner.

At Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings I have showna slight modification of the invention and in which the vaporizing-tube 8' is arranged in a vertical position instead of horizontal, as in the lamp above described, and in the said views the numeral 7 represents the connection for the supply-pipe 2. 6 is the valve for closing the supply of oil to the lam and 9 is the eculiar construction of a joint to connect the vaporiZing-tube, the Y saine being fitted with the nipple 1l and in line with the bell-mouthed tube 13'. Arranged Within this tube 13' is the stein 14:', terminating in the conical head l5', which maybe adjusted toward or away from the nipple ll', as described. The globe-holder 18 is in this form of a lamp attached to an integral portion 20 of the tube 16 by means of a nut 2l and the burner 17', and the several parts of the lamp are Similar to those described While referring to Figs. l and 2 of the drawings.

It will be seen by reference to the drawings showing the two forms of a gaSolene-lamp embodying the invention that other slight modilications and changes may be made in the general details of construction Without departing from the Spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

In a lamp of the type described, a mixingtube carrying a burner, a coupling to which the tube is swingingly connected, a supply pipe connected to the coupling, a valve-casing connected to the coupling, a cnt-off valve arranged in said casing, a vaporzingd ube connected to the valve casi ng, a distribnter mounted in the coupling with its head in close proximity to the discharge end of the vaporizingtube, and a Startingpan carried by the coupling and provided with an integral socket to receive the discharge end of the vaporizingtube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto affixed my Signature in the presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE RUPPEL.

lV ii'neSses:

JOHN GROETZINGER, H. E. BECKER. 

